Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 138 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 38% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6032.96 on Sunday, February 15th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 14, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52.04 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.29% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 214,644 acre feet

This is 169.84% of the average of 126,383 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 102,896 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 111,992 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 111,748 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 283.09% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 81.31% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.35 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.74 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.22 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
6032.96
0.01
988,616
386
325
55.2
28.4
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
6032.95
0.01
988,516
386
325
53.6
31.6
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
6032.94
-0.01
988,417
285
325
52.7
37.8
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
6032.95
-0.01
988,516
284
324
52.3
36.7
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
-3935
321
56.7
34.5
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
6032.98
-0.02
988,815
264
354
58.8
30.4
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6033.00
-0.02
989,014
295
385
60.8
29.7
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6033.02
-0.03
989,212
243
383
60.1
30.9
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6033.05
-0.04
989,511
191
382
57.4
34.5
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6033.09
-0.01
989,909
341
382
55.2
29.5
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6033.10
-0.03
990,008
241
382
55.4
29.8
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
6033.13
-0.03
990,307
245
386
53.8
27.1
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
6033.16
-0.02
990,605
293
384
51.1
24.1
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
6033.18
-0.04
990,805
192
383
52.7
30.0
Averages of List
6033.03
-0.02
989,348
-20.6
360.1
55.4
31.1

Averages for February 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.61
-14.65
1,207,047
510.15
735.21
50.29
26.38
All-Time
6033.54
-0.58
1,100,363
499.86
815.83
50.29
26.38

Last 10 February 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Feb 15, 2025
6037.31
-4.35
1,032,617
189
386
44.6
29.0
Thu, Feb 15, 2024
6042.23
-9.27
1,084,300
200
397
51.0
33.0
Wed, Feb 15, 2023
6017.52
15.44
844,250
229
343
28.6
17.8
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
6018.49
14.47
852,768
135
340
62.0
28.0
Mon, Feb 15, 2021
6034.93
-1.97
1,059,008
241
388
35.0
20.0
Sat, Feb 15, 2020
6056.15
-23.19
1,299,609
165
380
n/a
n/a
Fri, Feb 15, 2019
6015.13
17.83
867,280
949
293
40.0
32.0
Thu, Feb 15, 2018
6052.09
-19.13
1,250,315
1119
1185
51.0
35.0
Wed, Feb 15, 2017
6057.89
-24.93
1,321,214
1413
712
52.0
28.0
Mon, Feb 15, 2016
6063.64
-30.68
1,394,790
596
470
55.0
33.0
Averages of List
6039.51
-6.55
1,100,417
412
411
50.0
24.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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